Life-boat.



. Patented Aug. l4, I900. 1 P. U. & A. M. J. RIESS.

LIFE BOAT.

(Application filed Feb. 17, 1900.1

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LIFE BOAT.

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E. 1 I I I I '1' PETER ULRICH RIESS AND ANNA MARIE JULIE RIESS, OF NEW YORK, N.

LIFE-BOAT.

srncrnrcn'rron forming part of Letters resent No. 655,993, (it/tea algae 14, 1906.

Original application filed May is, 1899, Serial 110,717,298. meta and this application filed February 17, 1900. Serial in. 5,591. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER ULRICH Brass and ANNA MARIE JULIE Rrnss, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, (Williamsbridge,) borough of Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Marine Vessel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, this being a division of the application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 717,298, filed by us on May 18, 1899.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved marine vessel which is simple and durable in construction, exceedingly safe, and not liable to upset in rough or stormy weather or to sink in case the boat is overloaded or the hold fills with water.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the improvement on the line 1 1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the same on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4is alike view of the same on the line 4 4 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a similar View of the same on the line 5 5 in Fig. 1.-

The marine vessel is preferably in theshape of a boat to be propelled either by the use of oars or by a propelling mechanism such as shown and described in the application above referred to. The boat is provided with a hold or open central space A for the accommodation of the occupants and the reception of the propelling-gear, the sides of said boat being formed with air-tight compartments B, and similar compartments 0 and D are located in the stern and bow of the boat. The walls of the compartments referred to are preferably made of rubber, water and air tight canvas, or thin sheet metal and are filled with compressed air pumped by suit-able devices into said compartments, the latter being for this purpose provided with suitable filling valves or pipes arranged for connection witha pump under the control of the operator. The bot-' toms of the side compartments B and the stern-compartments O are at or only slightly below the water-line, while the compartments D in the bow of the vessel extend the full depth thereof, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. By extending the compartments B, O, and D normally above the water-line the buoyancy of the vessel is greatly increased, especially when the boat is heavily loaded or water fills the hold, so that the boat is prevented from sinking. air-compartments, extending all around the hold of the vessel, prevent the boat from capsizing in rough or stormy weather, it being understood that the capacity of the air-compartments is such that even if the hold is filled with water the boat does not sink, but is kept afloat, thereby enabling the occupants to still propel the boat and reach the shore in safety.

The stern and bow compartments 0 and D are preferably made with two compartments, each separated by longitudinal partitions E and F, respectively, and said bow-compartment D is preferably provided on top with suitable manholes H for giving access to the compartments D and for storing or other purposes.

Through the partition E extends the post G of the rudder, as indicated'in Figs. 1 and 2. The keel I of the boat is provided with alongitudinally-extending weight J, preferably in the form of ametallic bar, to increase the stability of the boat, and thereby preventit from capsizing,it being understood that this weighted keel operates in conjunction with the side compartments B to prevent the boat from capsizing in stormy weather.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A marine vessel, comprising a hull having its sides curved outwardly and upwardly from the keel and provided with a hold or open central space, and with air-tight compartments surrounding the hold, the inner walls of the side compartments being of flexi- By the arrangement described the- ICO ble material and curved downwardly and outwardly into engagement with the inner surface of the walls of the hull at a point slightly below the water line, substantially as described.

2. A marine vessel, comprising a hull having its sides eurved outwardly and upwardly from the keel, and provided with a series of side compartments extending slightly below the water-line, a bow-compartment extending the whole depth of the hull, a stern-compartment extending only slightly below the waterline, the bow and stern compartments being divided by longitudinal partitions, and a rudder having its post mounted in the partition 15 of the stern-compartment, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER ULRICH RIESS. ANNA MARIE JULIE RIESS.

Witnesses:

AUGUST HEINRICH, HENRY REUTER. 

